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HR News

ERS Open
Enrollment 2011

Annual Enrollment for Plan Year 2012
is July 11 through August 5. During
this time, you can change your
benefits and enroll eligible
dependents in coverage, effective
September 1. You will receive more
information in the mail from ERS.

Have you moved or changed your
phone number or email address? Update your new contact information
in your ERS account by June 3, 2011
at 5:30 p.m. so you can receive
benefits information from ERS this
summer:

• Log in to your account from the
ERS website. Click the Sign In
button at the top. You may need to
register your account.
• Click the appropriate link under
My Personal Information to make your
changes.

UH Benefits Fair

The UH Benefits Fair is scheduled
July 13, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. in the Houston Room in the
University Center. Our theme for
this year is “‘Navigating Through
the World of Benefits.” Come by to
visit with benefit representatives,
UH department representatives,
register for prizes, and get lots of
freebies including the 2011 Benefits
Fair T-Shirt.

New Optional Benefits

UHS is proud to partner with Aflac
and MetLife Resources to offer
optional benefits to
benefits-eligible employees
effective September 1, 2011. Sign up
for the new benefits between now and
August 5, 2011.
Aflac is offering these pre-tax
benefits:
Cancer Policy
Specified Health Event Policy
Accident Policy
Hospital Policy

MetLife Resources is sponsoring a
Trustmark product, a life insurance
product that offers two benefits in
one policy:
Permanent life insurance and living
benefits for long-term care

On May 24, the ERS Board of Trustees
approved health insurance carriers
and
preliminary premium rates and
optional insurance rates for Plan
Year 2012. Premium rate increases,
effective September 1, were needed
to address the insurance funding
gap. ERS will send more information
on Plan Year 2012 benefits prior to
this summer’s Annual Enrollment,
July 11 - August 5. During the
meeting, the Board:

• Increased the premium rates for
HealthSelectSM of Texas and the
Community First and Scott & White
Health Plan HMOs by an average of
8%;
• Kept the Dental DHMO premiums at
the same rate as last year;
• Increased premiums slightly for
the State of Texas Dental Choice
PlanSM; and
• Kept premiums for optional
insurance—Optional Term Life,
Dependent Term Life, Short- and
Long-term Disability Insurance, and
Voluntary Accidental Death and
Dismemberment—at the same rate as
last year.